Battle of Vire

The Battle of Vire occurred on 6 August 1944 when the US Army's US 29th Infantry Division attacked the German-held town of Vire in Normandy in conjunction with the British Army's Operation Bluecoat offensive. The 29th Infantry Division's 116th Infantry Regiment launched an attack on the town on the same day as the 13th/18th Royal Hussars captured Mont Pincon from the Wehrmacht, and the capture of Vire was a blow to the German plan to launch the Operation Luettich counterattack at Mortain.